CIO Services & ERP Strategy – Sapphire Aluminium

Background

Sapphire Aluminium is a manufacturer and distributor of aluminium and aluminium finishing products. The company was responsible for finishing a significant part of the Olympic Torch for the 2000 Olympics in Sydney.

Business Challenge

Sapphire Aluminium required a system to not only control Manufacturing and Scheduling, but to manage the Sales, Distribution and Financial Analysis for the business, which has representation around Australia and across Asia.

Results

A packaged solution was sourced from the market and implemented. Following this, substantial enhancements were made to accommodate specific manufacturing and scheduling requirements and to extend the solution for deployment in all states where a Sapphire branch exists. The system was implemented and has effectively managed and allowed the business to grow without the addition of any IT resources.

Customisation continued with a new streamlined production management module being implemented in 2006.

The organisation then embarked on an ERP Evaluation Project to replace their current legacy application. Sapphire decided to implement Epicor. CMC provides CIO Services, ERP and Business Systems Strategy, QA Review and Project Management Support on a part time basis.

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CMC has been our trusted technology partner for over 39 years. Their honest feedback and support has been integral to our success through the ERP and digital revolution